Quote Originally Posted by GAME View Post
If Woods can outpoint Tarver early with a higher output, Tarver will struggle later, his endurance isn't that great right now. From what I've seen of Woods he's the exact opposite though. In a slow paced fight Tarver will get the better of it. Woods needs to pressure early then go into defense mode potshotting once the fight goes later rounds constantly moving.
No contest - Interesting I agree with most of it but dont you think the pressure from Woods should come late instead of early ? Tarver will be gassing out later and if Woods turens up the heat then , it could swing his way. I see what you mean about pot shotting but if Wods applies pressure early theres more chance of him tasting that left hand like Jones did. If Woods is careful early then puts on the pressure I think its better than walking onto counters while Tarver is fresh then backing off when Tarver is tired .
The reasoning is that Tarver doesn't overdo it early, he paces himself early so to tire him out you gotta get him to up his workrate to keep up on the scorecard, and if Woods can win some early rounds that way Tarver may open up more to compensate. If he can be up going into the late rounds then start the potshotting.